TransActions – June/July 2015

Survivor: The Natural Gas Dilemma Edition

Although natural gas will not be the only fuel source for meeting all of the growth in the power generation sector, the growth in renewable power resources implicitly relies on natural gas resources to provide reliability support due to the intermittent nature and limited availability of existing renewable energy technologies. But as these upward trends are merging with other trends there is the potential to create discontinuities in the natural gas market.

Distributed Generation: Making a Deal Between Opportunities and Challenges

The Utility Dive’s 2015 State of the Electricity Utility survey of 433 U.S. electric utility executives indicates that distributed generation (“DG”) will be the biggest driver of disruptive growth in the industry over the next five years. Utilities recognize the vast opportunity distributed energy resources can provide as well as the unique challenges they present. Some companies have been exploring DG technologies and General Electric has created a new DG business by combining parts of its transportation, aviation and engines divisions to meet what GE calls, “a $100 billion opportunity”.

Request for Proposals

GDS offers expertise in the management of resource solicitation projects and the evaluation of sales proposals. From production and release of the solicitation, to final contract negotiation, we have managed dozens of national solicitations resulting in substantial long-term power cost savings.